Cardholder with slide



Aug. 24, 1948. D. G. DlMlT CARD HOLDER WITH SLIDE Filed April 25, 1947Gttorneg Patented Aug. 24-, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARDHOLDERWITH SLIDE Dwan G. Dimit, Sierra Madre, Calif. Application April 23,1947, Serial No. 743,267

Claims.

This invention relates to devices for holding a card having tabulatednumbers thereon and provided with a slide to facilitate reading saidnumbers in rows. While the invention has other applications, it is morespecifically intended for cards listing the sums to be withheld fromwages f or tax purposes.

Such cards, conventionally are imprinted with horizontal rows offigures, based on specific salaries or wages, and calculated accordingto the number of exemptions claimed. such cards, then, bear many figuresin close tabulated arrangement and must be carefully read to avoiderror. The present invention, therefore, has for its general object toprovide a simple form of holder for such a card and to provide improvedand efiective slide means carried by the holder for selectivepositioning with respect to the card whereby a desired row of figures isread with easy facility.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterindicated in which a card is held in a transparent envelope and which isprovided with a row-marking opaque slide, also within the envelope, andmanually positionable with respect to the rows of figures or numbers onsaid card.

My invention also has for its objects to provide such means that arepositive in operation, con venient in use, easily installed in a workingposition and easily disconnected therefrom, economical of manufacture,relatively simple, and of general superiority and serviceability.

The invention also comprises novel details of construction and novelcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will more fully appear inthe course of the following description. However, the drawings merelshow and the following description merely describes one embodiment ofthe present invention, which is given by way of illustration or exampleonly.

In the drawings, like reference characters designate similar parts inthe several views.

Fig. 1 is a face view, partly broken, of a card holder with slideconstructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken cross-sectional view as taken on the line2-2 of Fig. 1.

That form of the invention which is illustrated comprises, generally, apliable and transparent envelope 5 formed to receive a card C, and aslide 6 within the envelope and formed with handle means 1 whereby thesame is manually movable in said envelope in relation to the card.

The card C bears tabulated figures 8, arranged in horizontal rows withrespect to figures 9 representing wages, and computed on the basis ofthe number of exemptions claimed, the latter being represented bynumbers it. Thus, for a wage between and $55 and with two exemptions,$5.80 is the withheld tax.

The envelope 5 comprises a back II, which is optionally transparent, atransparent front I2, a bottom closure strip 53 and side closure stripsM. The front and back are preferably pliable but not necessarily so. Theenvelope is of such size as to freely accommodate card C which isreadily slipped into place through the open top Q5 of said envelope.

According to the invention, and along each side of the envelope, inwardof the side strips I4, the front I2 is formed with a longitudinal slotl6 which terminates short of the upper and lower edges of said front.

The slide 6 comprises an opaque bar ll rcsiding between the front andback of the envelope 5 and extending between the end strips Hi thereof.Said bar is made or" metal, cardboard, plastic material, etc. The meansi is provided at the ends of the bar and comprises outwardly turnedportions l8 which project through the slots 16. A suitable knob l9providing a handle is affixed to the projecting portions 58. The bar I!is of substantial width so that the portions l8 thereof haveconsiderable engagement with the edges of slots IE to obviate tilting ofthe bar and thereby insure that the same remains horizontal duringmanipulation.

The slide preferably bears numbers 20, counter'parts of numbers ill, toin effect, project the latter into more intimate association withfigures 8.

In practice, the card C is slipped into envelope 5 behind slide 6. Thefigures ll of the card become aligned with members All. By graspinghandles !9, the slide is then moved along the face of the card so thatits upper edge is immediatel below the row of figures 9 and 8 desired tobe read. By leaving the slide in adjusted position for a specific wagerange, the operator can readily, and minimizing the possibility oferror, read the desired tax figure for one or more specific exemptionfigures.

While I have illustrated and described what I now regard as thepreferred embodiment of my invention, the construction is, of course,subject to modifications without departing from the spirit and scope ofmy invention. I therefore, do not wish to restrict myself to theparticular form of construction illustrated and described,

3 but desire to avail myself of all modifications that may fall Withinthe scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a transparent flatopen-ended envelope having parallel slots adjacent the closed sidesthereof, a slide within the envelope and having ends extending throughsaid slots, and a manipulating handle on each of said ends.

2. A device of the character described comprising a transparent flatopen-ended envelope having parallel slots adjacent the closed sidesthereof, a slide comprising an opaque bar within the envelope andextending between said closed sides, an outwardly extending end at eachend of the bar projecting through said slots, and a manipulating handleon each of said projecting ends.

3. A device of the character described comprising an envelope having afiat transparent front wall having parallel spaced slots therein, aslide comprising a bar immediately adjacent the inner face of said frontwall, an outward extension on each end of said bar and projectingthrough said slots, and a manipulating knob on each extension.

4. A device of the character described comprising an envelope having afiat transparent front wall having parallel spaced slots therein, aslide comprising a bar immediately adjacent the inner face of said frontwall, said bar being of substantial width, an outward extension on eachend of said bar and projecting through said slots. said extensions beingthe same width as the bar for non-tilting engagement with the walls ofthe slots, and a manipulating knob on each extension.

5. In a transparent card-holding envelope for a card bearing a series ofnumbers arranged transversely, a slide mounted in the envelope betweenits front wall and said card and movable in a direction transverse tosaid series of numbers, a series of numbers on said bar and visiblethrough the envelope, said latter series of numbers duplicating those onthe card.

DWAN G. DIMII.

